Match-box.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

D. J. POLLOCK.

MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED 0GT.16. 1905.

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DAVID J. POLLOCK, OF NOTTINGHAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

lVIATC H -BO X Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID J. PoLLooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nottingham, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tomatch-boxes of the single-delivery type, and has for its objects to produce a comparatively simple inexpensive device of this character which may be readily operated for delivering the matches, one wherein the matches will be positively and accurately fed to the delivery member or slide, and one wherein the delivery member will be automatically returned to normal position.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel features of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a match-box embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a to plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end e evation of the device. Fig. 4 is a similar view, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the box comprises a front wall 1, a rear wall 2, end walls 3, a cover 4, and a movable bottom 5, constituting the match-delivery member or slide, the cover, which is hinged on the box, as at 6, being normally retained in closed position by means of a s ring-catch 7, while the slide 5 is provided wit a longitudinally-extending match-receiving opening or slot 8 and is provided at its rear edge with a dependin portion or lift 9.

Attache to the end walls 3 are bearing members or plates 10, provided on their inner faces with guideways or grooves 11 to receive the ends of the slide 5, which terminates beyond the walls 3, there being attached to the bearing members 10 a supporting member or plate 12, which lies beneath the front portion of the slide 5 and constitutes a bottom for the match-receivin opening 8,'while arranged within the box and extendin the rear wall thereof is a wedge-shape block 13, having its top face inclined downward toward the opening 8 and constituting a guide along or chute for directing the matches into the latter.

Mounted on the end walls 3 are springs 14, preferably of the form shown and each having a pair of arms 15 16, of which the latter has bearing at its lower end in the adjacent member 10, while the former is engaged at its lower end with the slide 5, these springs serving to maintain the slide in normal closed position, while formed at the lower edge of the front Wall 1 and adjacent the ends thereof are openings 17, designed to permit free passage of the match-heads.

In practice the box is filled with matches by opening the cover 4, which normally remains closed, and when it is desired to remove a match from the box the flange 9 is engaged by the finger of the operator for moving the slide 5 outward against the action of the springs 14, the range of movement of the slide being such that the opening or slot 8 passes beyond the front edge of the supporting member 12, whereupon the match will be delivered, it bein noted in this connection that the slot is of somewhat greater length than the distance between the inner faces of the end walls 3, whereby the matches will positively enter the slot, and, further, that the slide inclines transversely from front to rear, while the block 13 has a reverse transverse inclination, thus feeding the matches into the opening 8. Further, it will be noted that the outward movement of the slide 5 will be limited, owing to the flange 9 coming in contact with the rear edge of the supporting-stri 12 and that the springs 14will after the sli e has been operated for delivering a match return the same to normal closed position.

From the foregoing it is apparent that I produce a simple device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view, it being understood that in attaining these ends minor changes in the details herein set forth may be resorted to without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is A match-box having bearing-plates attached to the ends thereof and provided with guide-grooves, the inner faces of the bearingplates being recessed to form outer stopshoulders, a movable bottom or slide having its ends seated in said grooves, a supportingplate arranged beneath the slide and attached to the bearing-plates, said slide havthe slide and the other arranged to bear on ing a longitudinal match-receiving opening the adjacent stop-shoulder. and being movable to carry the opening beyond the sup orting-plate for delivering DAVID POLLOOK' 5 the matches, an springs attached to the ends Witnesses:

of the box and each comprising a pair of WM. MOCLURG,

arms, one of said arms being engaged with JOHN E. SIMSQ 

